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Since Latin America is a highly diverse region with many different cultures, here's a generalized view of Latin America for gringos:
Latin American countries/regions that I feel are less accepting of blacks than the U.S.: Southern Brazil, Andean region(Colombia), Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Argentina, Nicaragua
Latin American countries/regions that I feel are more accepting of blacks more than the U.S.: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Northeast Brazil, Cartagena(Colombia), Venezuela, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica
Latin American countries/regions that are about the same as the U.S.: Mexico, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia
I would also do a Native/indigenous comparison but it's trickier since Native American descendants are far more prevalent in Latin America than the U.S.
Anyways, these are generalizations, but I feel there's a lot of truth to each of them.
Even Mexico and Chile are accepting more Haitian refugees than the U.S.(especially with this country's scrapping of DACA), with little to no backlash or violence from locals so even they are starting to lean towards the 2nd category.
There are Latin American countries and regions with legitimate racial issues but you really have to specify instead of just saying "Latin America."
Well I am from Latin America and I am trying to learn more about my region's racial issues
Since Latin America is a highly diverse region with many different cultures, here's a generalized view of Latin America for gringos:
Latin American countries/regions that I feel are less accepting of blacks than the U.S.: Southern Brazil, Andean region(Colombia), Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Argentina, Nicaragua
Latin American countries/regions that I feel are more accepting of blacks more than the U.S.: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Northeast Brazil, Cartagena(Colombia), Venezuela, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica
Latin American countries/regions that are about the same as the U.S.: Mexico, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia
I would also do a Native/indigenous comparison but it's trickier since Native American descendants are far more prevalent in Latin America than the U.S.
Anyways, these are generalizations, but I feel there's a lot of truth to each of them.
Even Mexico and Chile are accepting more Haitian refugees than the U.S.(especially with this country's scrapping of DACA), with little to no backlash or violence from locals so even they are starting to lean towards the 2nd category.
There are Latin American countries and regions with legitimate racial issues but you really have to specify instead of just saying "Latin America."
The areas you named as more accepting are the areas where they brought Africans to work as slaves on sugarcane plantations. The allegedly less accepting areas had far fewer uses of African slaves.
That does not mean one is equal and one is bad.
I was in Bogota in 2016 and though it's not predominantly Black, I saw Black people in walks of society.
I give credit where credit is due & the Island Fidelistas have done some of the most heavy lifting in opposing the globalist plantation system here in the Americas, at least since the became a hive homogeneous plantation collective due since the Red Scare (1919- McCarthy era). Though when the strong man moves on the next generation tends to be shakey & flakey.
I believe Chavez's brother was a Communist (but whether he was of the Fidelista; Marxist; Lenini; Non-Aligned Titoeso; or Tri-Continental flava, I don't know).
Its still unclear whether the Pacific region indio bozal moviemento will take off as a regional or South American movement.
I give credit where credit is due & the Island Fidelistas have done some of the most heavy lifting in opposing the globalist plantation system here in the Americas, at least since the became a hive homogeneous plantation collective due since the Red Scare (1919- McCarthy era). Though when the strong man moves on the next generation tends to be shakey & flakey.
I believe Chavez's brother was a Communist (but whether he was of the Fidelista; Marxist; Lenini; Non-Aligned Titoeso; or Tri-Continental flava, I don't know).
Its still unclear whether the Pacific region indio bozal moviemento will take off as a regional or South American movement.
Cuba’s economy is pretty bad. No one wants to move to Cuba.
It probably depends. The Latino countries where the population is overall the same, homogeneous, like where everyone is mixed/&white, and they are the same in culture, I would think they wouldn't worry much about racism.
However, countries with various large ethnic groups, things can get racist; like in Guatemala where sometime there are racial tension between Indigenous folks and Mestizos/white Guatemalans.
It probably depends. The Latino countries where the population is overall the same, homogeneous, like where everyone is mixed/&white, and they are the same in culture, I would think they wouldn't worry much about racism.
However, countries with various large ethnic groups, things can get racist; like in Guatemala where sometime there are racial tension between Indigenous folks and Mestizos/white Guatemalans.
I have never heard of racial tensions in Guatemala. I am mestizo and have been allover Guatemala never had any problems.
I have never heard of racial tensions in Guatemala. I am mestizo and have been allover Guatemala never had any problems.
Well just because you haven’t personally experienced racism in Guatemala, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I've heard accounts of it happening from family.
Plus, you likely don't understand an Indigenous language. Indigenous folks will also say racist stuff about Mestizos.
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